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Translation

zhǔ = zhu + Ø3: "dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]

Mnemonic

This character shall be represented by a petal (丶) when appearing in other characters.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is napping in the space station's living room (Ø3) and hugging a petal (丶).

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The character 丶 is used as component in many other characters. Let us use a petal in the mnemonic stories of those characters to help us remember that we need to use 丶 when writing them.

Although 丶 is not used as individual character, it helps to learn its pronunciation "zhu3" in case you want to type it. "zhu" is represented by Julian Giant Squid. Pinyin initials with "u" are represented by animals, and "zhu" sounds a bit like "g" in "giant squid". Julian is written as 朱利安 in Chinese which is pronounced zhu1 li4 an1.

We don't need an additional suffix, so the scene takes place in the space station. The best way to understand how this works is probably to go on reading more comics.

Matthias, about 2 years ago

Shout out to Ralph from Pixabay for uploading his photo of a petal, which I vectorized to use in this comic. Thanks Ralph!

Matthias, about 2 years ago

丶 character breakdown

The character 丶 cannot be broken down into individual components.

Characters with 丶 as component

a unit of length / inch / thumb
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spoon / ladle / CL:把[ba3] / abbr. for 公勺[gong1 shao2], centiliter (unit of volume)
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white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera
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self / oneself / from / since / naturally / surely
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(bound form) to divine / to forecast or estimate / (of a place to live etc) to choose
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book / letter / document / CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4] / to write
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owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games)
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Words with 丶

丶 is not used as a character in a word.

Sentences with 丶

丶 currently does not appear in any sentence.
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